Lawyers

Diarmuid Laffan

Diarmuid Laffan

Position

Broad practice encompassing (i) commercial litigation and arbitration, (ii) sports law, (iii) insurance / reinsurance, (iv) professional liability and (v) construction. Diarmuid also accepts instructions in public / human rights law claims and was part of the counsel team in the landmark Supreme Court case of R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8. Recent experience includes acting in a number of High Court civil fraud claims against professional advisers, and successfully representing a professional athlete before an arbitral panel against a charge of possession of a prohibited substance. Diarmuid regularly appears unled before the High Court, County Court and Sports disciplinary panels, and has experience of running substantial construction adjudications.

Career

Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 2014 (Major Scholarship)

Languages

French

Memberships

COMBAR, BILA, PNBA, TECBAR

Education

Undergraduate Law Degree (University College Dublin); BCL (Oxon)

Mentions

London Bar

Insurance and reinsurance

Leading junior4
Diarmuid Laffan – 4 New Square ‘Diarmuid has great insurance law knowledge and gives clear, practical, strategic advice – you want him in your corner.'
London Bar

Professional negligence

Leading junior6
Diarmuid Laffan – 4 New Square Chambers ‘He is exceptionally diligent. He has an engaging and highly persuasive manner in court.’
London Bar

Sport

Leading junior4
Diarmuid Laffan – 4 New Square ‘Quick to pick up the key issues and facts, Dairmuid has strong cross-examination skills - firm and coherent oral submissions with an understated authority.’